Chapter 298
The king and minister of South Korea were arguing in the hall.
How to deal with the emperor's call and how to deal with Qin's attack on its throat, Yiyang's attack has been a routine debate over the past month.
Han Weihou is in his twilight years. Like his ancestors, he only seeks peace in front of him. He helps Gong Zhongxiu just barely supports the court. Faced with such a situation, he is really at a loss and can't make up his mind. So, several factions naturally appeared in the court.
One is to support the Zhou emperor's move, take the opportunity to unite other princes, and everyone attacks Qin and save Yiyang.
One faction hopes to be able to hold on without any matter, not to offend Qin State and summon disasters for itself.
The one who is in charge of the fight was Gong Zhongxiu, and the one who is in charge of the reconciliation was Prince Cang. As a result, the two factions were evenly matched and no one could convince anyone.
On this day, while still arguing between sending troops and not sending troops, the envoy of the Tang Dynasty, the Minister of Rites, came to his house in person.
The Tang State was the youngest prince, but none of the other princes in hundreds of years dared to be despised. The vigorous Tang State had a vast territory with the best in the world, a strong standing army with the best in the world, a wealth with the best in the world, and a reputation with the best in the world. Except for the weaker military equipment than the strong Qin, if you dare to say that the second in the world, no one dared to compete with him for the best in the world.
South Korea dares not ignore the arrival of such a high-ranking and powerful doctor.
King Han received the Shangqing of the Tang Kingdom with the highest etiquette.
The King of Han asked breathlessly: "Shangqing, what can I teach me?"
Facing the king of a country to be so respectful to him, Zhao Huang felt extremely faced and said directly: "The terrain of South Korea is dangerous. If the king does not submit to Qin, Qin will send troops to occupy Yiyang, cut off the Shangdang area of South Korea, and then go east to Chenggao and Xingyang. Then the palace of Hongtai and the garden of Sanglin will no longer belong to the king."
King Han was stunned and thought that this person was not the Minister of Rites of the Tang Dynasty, so he stared at him blankly.
Zhao Huang smiled and said, "If Chenggao is blocked and Shangdang is blocked, the king's territory will be divided. It will be safe to join Qin before it will be difficult, and it will be dangerous if it does not join Qin. If it is a disaster but wants to get blessings, have shallow plans, have deep grudges, and obey Chu against Qin? If the country does not perish? That is impossible."
However, everyone thinks that Zhao Huang is right, but it has a strange smell.
"So I plan for the king? It's better to serve Qin. Qin's greatest hope is to unify the world? The first step to unify the world is to annex Korea. It is not because South Korea is stronger than Chu, but determined by Han's terrain. Now the king is serving Qin to the west? The king will definitely be happy to attack Chu. In this way, South Korea has transferred the disaster? Pleasing Qin, then, King Han can live in the house. As for life and death? That's the King of Qin. Then he bowed to the faction that opposes the war. "The king's life and death have nothing to do with everyone? But you can also become ministers of Qin, take a portion of money and food, and continue to live a free life as a noble person. There is no better idea than this."
This makes sense, but it sounds so awkward.
Zhao Huang looked at the prince: "War or not? Why argue? Isn't it necessary? The prince supports relying on Qin. At that time? At least for your submission, Qin can give you a title of Bima Wen. What is Bima Wen? Haha? It's just to raise horses for the King of Qin. By the way, can you raise horses? No way, can you? Must learn? Otherwise, you can't be competent? Your life will be in danger. You have to know that the King of Qin has a bad temper. He will kill people if you say you are a lord. But no matter whether you are a lord for hundreds of years, killing you is easier than killing an ant."
King Han and Cang of Prince Cang were sweating coldly at the time. When he looked at the ministers, his eyes were wrong.
As a result, the Korean father and son looked at the ministers incorrectly, and the ministers immediately turned to support the battle.
It is true that the surrender of Qin is still a prosperous and prosperous place, but the heads are coming to the ground. Which one should I choose? There is no need to choose.
Prince Cang walked to Zhao Huang in cold sweat and saluted respectfully: "I only realized that I am really stupid after listening to you. Now, please teach me what to do with my father and son."
At this time, Zhao Huang said solemnly: "Foreign ministers should defend Yiyang to the death, so as not to let Qin succeed and win the Han Shangdang. Then, they sent troops to respond to the call of Emperor Zhou, join the coalition forces, and use other princes to weaken the strong Qin and relieve pressure on South Korea."
This method is just as good as the helper Gong Zhongxiu, but he is also embarrassed: "South Korea is not the South Korea back then. The money and food that has refused to guard Yiyang are gone."
Zhao Huang understood that this is someone who is putting forward conditions, because everyone knows that weakening the strong Qin Dynasty is more beneficial to whom.
So he said calmly: "King Han is the father-in-law of the king of Zhao, and our Tang Hou is the teacher of the king of Zhao. From that point of view, we are still relatives who can get a lot of money. Although South Korea owes us 20 million yuan in debt, my king believes that the enemy in the world is Qin. Therefore, the original debt continues, and we will further support a batch of weapons to Yiyang in South Korea. As long as we defend Yiyang, the military aid will be invalid and given for free."
Nowadays, South Korea has already run out of finances and is worried about internal and external troubles. The reason why it wants to surrender to the powerful Qin State is actually unwilling to do so. After all, it is the country built by the ancestors and the country is lost in its own generation. There is really no way.
Nowadays, South Korea cannot afford to pay money and food to guard Yiyang, and even more so, it is impossible to fight against the powerful Qin Dynasty. This is a bad strategy.
But when he heard that Zhao Xing could take out money and food to solve the current difficulties, King Han and his son were overjoyed: "If we can send troops to defend Yiyang, what kind of fund can the Tang Hou give?"
Saying this makes people despise their father and son. It is a responsibility to defend their own territory. From his tone, it seems that they are fulfilling their responsibilities for Zhao Xing.
But they are right. Now, as long as South Korea can stick to Yiyang, it is actually doing things for Zhao Xin.
Zhao Huang replied without hesitation: "I, the Tang Dynasty, took out three years of garrison money and food. As long as you can hold on for two years, these things will be given in vain. If you can't hold on, I'm sorry, our family will come to collect the debts when we help Xu Jie."
Xu Jie's debt collection methods are already well-known all over the world, and no one can escape his debt collection method.
How could Gong Zhongxiu give up this opportunity to quarrel? So he changed his original attitude: "Of course there is no problem for us to guard Yiyang, but we can't do anything to ask us to send troops to respond to the emperor's call." Then he spread his hands: "We have people, but responding to the conscript will delay our soldiers' tax burden for one year, and the food and grass we need is even more incapable of burdening."
Zhao Huang certainly understood the thoughts of this cunning man, so he smiled and said, "As long as South Korea can send 30,000 troops, I am willing to accept the dispatch of General Le Yi of the Tang Dynasty. The soldiers no longer have to bring their own food and grass. All the burdens are all for us. What do you think?" Then he solemnly said the key point. "That is to say, our Tang Dynasty will borrow 30,000 troops from you. With the relationship between our Tang Dynasty king and the prince's grandson and son-in-law, it should not be a big deal?"
The king and the prince nodded with relief, and helped Gong Zhongxiu breathed a sigh of relief.
This is a good thing that can kill multiple goals. First, it did not offend the emperor. Second, it made friends with the niece-in-law Zhao Yong and grandson-in-law Zhao Xing. At the same time, it could also obtain money and food assistance from the Tang Dynasty to guard Yiyang. Why not do it?
Chapter completed!